Atmospheric science: Empirical evidence of contrasting soil moisture-precipitation feedbacks across the United States

Science

Volumn 352, Issue 6287, 2016, Pages 825-828

  Tuttle, Samuel ^a   Salvucci, Guido ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; HEAT FLUX; HUMIDITY; MOISTURE FLUX; PERSISTENCE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84969242912     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa7185     Document Type: Article

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